Bats, Bats all over me...
 

We have this huge bat cave to the northeast of us.(Bracken Cave)
Very close to the racetrack at mighty Retama Park.
Sometimes they give false images on radar.
Tonight is one of those nights. Enjoy this natural feast.
SAT is San Antonio Texas of course.
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When bats come out of a cave in large groups like
these Mexican Freetails do, they swirl out like a corkscrew.
From distance it looks like wind blowing black smoke.
But when you get closer the corkscrewing and all the little
fluttering which amounts to a really interesting sound.

Anyways, why do bats in large groups corkscrew like this
instead of flying like birds in large flocks or like fish (if you
have ever been snorkeling and been in a large school ya know
what Ima talkin about) in a school?

very diff pattern of avoiding
running into each other...

I wanna know so bat-people give it up.

Is it me or is the picture not showing?

Eric

I think it's only showing in...um...Pat's screen

Pat....we really need to get you out more often.

Ok I will try again.
I still need an answer from the bat people.

See anything?

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I probably get out too often.
It was really, really hot today.

Wow.

:zz:

OH MY GOD!!


Did you see that?

It was hideous!!!

Did anyone see the radar...?
Those were frkkn bats causing that green patch around SAT.

Ok.
Why do they corkscrew formation fly?

Because cork is a hot female bat.

Morton thats a lot of square mileage of bat...
Do people not realize the magnitude of bat
it takes to show up on a weather radar?

Maybe they all were named Ray.

Apparently, they fly in formation like that because it scares the birds away.

http://sixmonths2008.wordpress.com/2...he-little-bat/

And I thank you Ms. Gator.
If anyone has seen phenomena it begs the question.

Really quite interesting, the radar and the reason why they spiral.

For the record the radar pic came up for me on the first post.

Is this unusual or does it re-occur every year?

I have seen bats come out of caves before but never thought it could be read on radar.

It happens here every so often if they all come out at roughly the same time.
Sometimes they trickle out and it does not show up. But this is a huge colony of bats. Much much larger than the one at Carlsbad. In fact in may be the largest in North America.

Hmmm, didn't know that (larger than Carlsbad) and your in San Antonio, did you see them or it was just on the radar?

BTW can you go catch some and send them here to eat the mosquitoes.....:D
We have a few bats around here but not that many. I'm thinking about getting some bat houses.

They may be returning to Louisville.

It's like Capistrano.

Its out by Retama Park the racetrack and I have a friend out there. He saw them coming out and called me. Then I saw them on the radar. It was not raining out there, not even that cloudy and it was right at sunset. I have seen them come out before.

Its dangerous to get real close because rattlesnakes and all sorts of other critters come up to eat any of the sick ones that might not make it on the fly out. It only happens around sunset and for some reason they come out real dense certain summer evenings and it shows up on the radar.

I can send you some if you can get Morty to come down
here and we can use his hair as a giant net.

It wouldn't be the first time.

Quite a visual on that...:D

Your bat thread got me to thinking about caves.
When I used to tour New Zealand we did the Waitomo Caves, the glow-worms cave.
The caves were really beautiful with stalagmites and stalactites and then you took a boat ride in the black water to view the glow-worms.
After awhile it really freaked me out that the glow-worms would fall on my head, so I had to wear a hat.
It was a unique experience.

Ever stick pins in your belly?






Boy now that's fun.

Ever had glow-worms fall on your head?







They would get stuck in your giant hair net....:p

But you don't have to GO HALF WAY ACROSS THE WORLD.....to stick pins in your belly.

Uhhhhh that would be around the world..not across. Yes,very long flights.
I also saw (seriously) the FAIRY penguins in Melbourne Australia.....HAHAHAHA

What ya see....

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And what they are, gross....and you wonder why I wore a big brimmed hat.




Sorry pgardin for going off the topic of bats here, ya know how it is in these strange rooms.
Sort of related though, caves and things that live in them.

Did you ever go across town?

It's still curved...just a smaller arc.








And those are vacay photos?

What?..no Beetle Wigged horseys?

ROR!!!!!

it took me a minute to get that.


But back to cross or around, well you cross a continent or an ocean, but you go around the world. That's just the way it is.....:p

( ) )

Well no I'm not.

Are too.

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Phooey.

It was stupid of me to say I'm not here.

I've been reading too much Stevie Hasbeen.

Usually when one hides, they don't announce where they are.:rolleyes:

I said it was dumb.







No one will find me now because I am not going to say where I am.

Now you're getting it.:)

We'll still find you....:p

I have lost boys to attend to...and must starch my wings, so I can't play hide and seek with you right now.

I wouldn't worry Mort. She seems to have lost some boys too.:D

I lose them all the time, but it's always easy to find more...:D

LOL!!!! I like that one!:tro: